Interactions between coyotes and red foxes in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 377-382

  Gese, Eric M ^a,d   Stotts, Timm E ^b   Grothe, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; coyote; deterrence; displacement; red fox; tolerance; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; UNGULATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0029776451     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382811     Document Type: Article

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